Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Thu, 30 May 2002 17:52:55 -0700 "Tony Hain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marshall Eubanks wrote: > > Since I run a small AS : > > > > I like this idea. > > > > Since I believe in living dangerously : > > > > I also think that a /64 should be reserved in the IPv6 address space, > > A /64 woul

RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (wasRE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Steven J. Sobol
On Thu, 30 May 2002, Brian wrote: > Surprised there isnt much connectivity in the Detroit area, I mean it is > Motor City and all, I would think tons of manufacturing palnts all needing > telecom of some sort or other.. Try to get DSL here; everyone backhauls to Chicago. And Cleveland is the 25

Re: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions

2002-05-30 Thread Steven J. Sobol
On Thu, 30 May 2002, Christopher X. Candreva wrote: > NAS has been nothing but trouble. We are (or were) a Covad reseller, first > direct through Covad, then through CAIS. Jeez. About 18 months ago I couldn't even get CAIS to return calls to their sales department. I guess I'm glad they didn't

Re: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 30 May 2002 16:24:53 CDT, John Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > way too high, mostly because they have no local POPs. We really need to > be as close to the top as possible, not because of bandwidth needs, but > for reliability's sake. This assumes that "the top" is any more reliable/

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 30 May 2002 16:21:36 PDT, Vadim Antonov said: > On Thu, 30 May 2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > Yes, "demonstrating" things to ARIN is remarkably annoying. > "Demonstrating" as in "getting rid of monstrosities"? :) Only in the same sense as "defenestrate" means "requesting that ever

RE: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Tony Hain
Marshall Eubanks wrote: > Since I run a small AS : > > I like this idea. > > Since I believe in living dangerously : > > I also think that a /64 should be reserved in the IPv6 address space, A /64 would have no use in the proposed scheme since it identifies a single subnet. I suspect you really

RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Tim McKee
Agreed. As the architect for a large regional we strive to have full transit with several large providers (and peer with folks when possible) so that a single large provider unexpectedly 'biting the dust' or even experiencing backbone problems won't destroy our network. {Please note: this is no

RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (wasRE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Paul Timmins
As far as I know, the following national providers exist in Detroit: (This is by no means, a complete list, and some of these aren't "Big Name" providers, but less likely to go under than John Q Random ISP) Verio Winstar XO AT&T Qwest Covad Level 3 SBC I've heard rumors of speakeasy.net, which I

Re: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 02:53:02PM -0700, Scott Granados wrote: > > You either have to pull circuits to the carrier you want or settle for > someone local much smaller and in many cases much more likely to fail. Nonsense. Small providers are the ones who are financially connected to reality,

RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (wasRE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Brian
Surprised there isnt much connectivity in the Detroit area, I mean it is Motor City and all, I would think tons of manufacturing palnts all needing telecom of some sort or other.. Bri On Thu, 30 May 2002, Deepak Jain wrote: > > > Clearly anyone in your market is buying from someone out

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Vadim Antonov
On Thu, 30 May 2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > Yes, "demonstrating" things to ARIN is remarkably annoying. "Demonstrating" as in "getting rid of monstrosities"? :) --vadim

Re: China's cable firms fight deadly turf war

2002-05-30 Thread Vadim Antonov
> eh, thats nothing. Try doing work in some of the buildings in NY without a > Union card ;) "Trade unions are schools of communism." - Vladimir Il'yich Lenin --vadim

RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Deepak Jain
Clearly anyone in your market is buying from someone outside of your market. The fees associated with reliability (if available) are a function of your geography. Large providers are concentrating on the markets that are making them the most money. If you get a few networks in your area that wa

RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (wasRE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Scott Granados
The hard facts are that carriers want to make money hopefully so they will locate where the money is. My chances of having closely located customers is greater in Newyork City say than somewhere distant You either have to pull circuits to the carrier you want or settle for someone local muc

RE: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread John Palmer
Its just that they aren't local and there is no need to pay for a circuit all the way to Chicago. It seems that so many providers have moved out of Macomb county. Anyone have any experience with BigNet? We are talking to them now -Original Message- From: Bill Woodcock [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Re: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (wasRE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread Bill Woodcock
> Who can one rely on for connectivity? In general and in the Detroit area? > I put out a request for bids on T-1's and all the national providers were > way too high... Haven't you just answered your own question? I guess if you think reliable service is too expensive, you're not i

Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-30 Thread John Palmer
We are finally back. Hmm - Level3 is one of their transit providers: BGP routing table entry for 199.5.156.0/23, version 531543 Paths: (4 available, best #1) Not advertised to any peer 3356 13953 209.244.2.230 (metric 200201) from 165.117.1.219 (165.117.1.219) Origin IGP, metric 4

Re: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions

2002-05-30 Thread Christopher X. Candreva
On Thu, 30 May 2002, John Palmer wrote: > CAIS sold our account to NAS. They did this about 5 months back. They are NAS has been nothing but trouble. We are (or were) a Covad reseller, first direct through Covad, then through CAIS. The first we heard our lines had been sold was when we called

Re: Is this list working?

2002-05-30 Thread Greg A. Woods
[ On Thursday, May 30, 2002 at 13:05:18 (-0500), John Palmer wrote: ] > Subject: Is this list working? > > > Posted a message several times and it never made it out > Is the list broken? In the past there have been low-level networking issues somewhere "out there" that were causing problems wit

CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions

2002-05-30 Thread John Palmer
CAIS sold our account to NAS. They did this about 5 months back. They are just now getting around to cutting us over. This involves Covad making some changes in their switch somewhere. Back last May, it was PSINet that was selling our account to CAIS. They sent us an e-mail to announce that they

Is this list working?

2002-05-30 Thread John Palmer
Posted a message several times and it never made it out Is the list broken?

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 01:10:58PM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > In a message written on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:27:49AM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen >wrote: > > I'd be mildly concerned that people would see "free IP blocks" and start > > using them even when not necessary. I think allocating

RE: Betr.: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread James
I think Erik-Jan was dripping sarcasm :) - James > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Majdi S. Abbas > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:00 PM > To: Erik-Jan Bos > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Betr.: KPNQwest > > > > On Thu, M

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:27:49AM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > I'd be mildly concerned that people would see "free IP blocks" and start > using them even when not necessary. I think allocating them a /24 from > this block only when they have demonstrated need, and

Re: Betr.: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread Majdi S. Abbas
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:46:16AM +0200, Erik-Jan Bos wrote: > But the Internet, build on resilient technology, will survive... Is it? --msa

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Hank Nussbacher
On Thu, 30 May 2002, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > Total ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 13122 > Origin-only ASes present in the Internet Routing Table: 11366 > Origin ASes announcing only one prefix:4997 > Transit ASes present in the Intern

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Thu, 30 May 2002 10:58:31 -0400 Leo Bicknell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message written on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:40:47AM -0400, Marshall > Eubanks wrote: > > It would add 30% to the number of BGP address blocks pretty much > automatically. > > How do you come up with that number? O

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:58:31AM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > In a message written on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:40:47AM -0400, Marshall Eubanks >wrote: > > It would add 30% to the number of BGP address blocks pretty much automatically. > > How do you come up with that number? Of course, we

Re: China's cable firms fight deadly turf war

2002-05-30 Thread Scott Francis
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:54:36AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-311460,00.html [snip] > type. They work for one of the many rival telecom companies who are laying > their own cables. He calls for backup, but the five colleagues who arrive > within minu

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 10:40:47AM -0400, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > It would add 30% to the number of BGP address blocks pretty much automatically. How do you come up with that number? Of course, we have an issue with reclaiming existing space, but I think there are a numbe

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Thu, 30 May 2002 09:20:17 -0400 Leo Bicknell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a message written on Mon, May 06, 2002 at 02:14:34PM -0400, Joe Abley > wrote: > > I wonder whether the average small, multi-homed ISP who currently > > lusts after PI space would find all their renumbering nightm

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Thu, 30 May 2002 09:48:50 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 30 May 2002 09:20:17 EDT, Leo Bicknell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Since you have to connect to two or more providers to get an ASN, > > and since the whole reason to have an ASN is to inject things into > > the DFZ it d

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 30 May 2002 09:20:17 EDT, Leo Bicknell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Since you have to connect to two or more providers to get an ASN, > and since the whole reason to have an ASN is to inject things into > the DFZ it doesn't seem like it would increase routing table size > by a huge amount

Re: IP renumbering timeframe

2002-05-30 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Mon, May 06, 2002 at 02:14:34PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote: > I wonder whether the average small, multi-homed ISP who currently > lusts after PI space would find all their renumbering nightmares > reduced to entirely manageable levels by the delegation of (say) > 1 x /24 PI ne

Re: China's cable firms fight deadly turf war

2002-05-30 Thread Randy Bush
> http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/May/33528.htm "Qungdag found > the outside world entirely different when he walked out of the > Prison of Tibet Autonomous Region after serving his 8-year term > there...Qungdag opened a teahouse in Lhasa, capital of Tibet > Autonomous Region. Business soon

Re: China's cable firms fight deadly turf war

2002-05-30 Thread Scott Weeks
: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-311460,00.html : : China's cable firms fight deadly turf war : From Oliver August in Shanying Recall that this is a place where 'Freedom of Information' is a semi non-concept. Reporters quote the party line. Newspapers praise prison as a learning

RE: Abuse Contact at NuVox

2002-05-30 Thread Tim McKee
Apologies, the contact info should have been updated. I will try to get it updated asap. We are aware of the problem and working to correct it. We have a very large customer base of primarily small-medium businesses, generally clueless as to cyber security. It turns out that the process we ha

Re: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread Neil J. McRae
> Rob. I fully agree: operational importance, in deed and afaik, for > commercial as well as for R&E. Let's hope for some 11th hour fix... If anyone is concerned please feel free to drop me an email. Regards, Neil. -- Neil J. McRae - Alive and Kicking [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread Michael Hallgren
Quoting Rob Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Considering the number of messages about companies going bust, this > one seems vaguely operational for some... > http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/020529/200205292257000882_2.html > > There are a number of quotes from "people familiar with the matter,"

Re: Betr.: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread Erik-Jan Bos
Randy, > > Anyone able to outline a worst case scenario, on what the effect would be, > > if the KPN network really goes down? > > the world ends, we all die, and the universe goes dark But the Internet, build on resilient technology, will survive... __ Erik-Jan.

Re: Betr.: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread Arnold Nipper
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 02:28:15AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > > > Anyone able to outline a worst case scenario, on what the effect would be, > > if the KPN network really goes down? > > the world ends, we all die, and the universe goes dark Actually: the universe goes iron ... -- Arnold (co-

Re: Betr.: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread Randy Bush
> Anyone able to outline a worst case scenario, on what the effect would be, > if the KPN network really goes down? the world ends, we all die, and the universe goes dark

Betr.: KPNQwest

2002-05-30 Thread eric
Anyone able to outline a worst case scenario, on what the effect would be, if the KPN network really goes down? cheers eric > > > Considering the number of messages about companies going bust, this > one seems vaguely operational for some... > http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/020529/20020529